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.UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARCUS EISLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. .ASSIGNOR TO M. SNOBODA, OF SAME PLACE.

SUSPENDERS.

EPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,111, dated January 20, 1885.

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To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, MARCUS EISLER, of the city, county, and State of New York, havein vented a certain new and useful Improvement in Suspenders, of which the following is a specification.

The suspenders in which my improvement is embodied consist, essentially, of a straight strip which passes around the back of the neck and then down in front over the shoulders, and a second straight strip which is attached to the first and stands at right angles thereto in such position that it will extend down the center of the back of the wearer, both strips being provided with the necessary button-hole straps, which are connected, as usual, to the strips by buckles or other suitable means.

The-nature of my invention can best be explained and understood by reference to the acc'ompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan View of the suspenders. Fig. 2is a front view of aperson wearing the suspenders. Fig. 3 is a back View.

The suspenders consist, essentially, of the straight strip A, intended to pass around the back of the neck and down in front over the shoulders, and the strip B, attached centrally to and extending down at right angles from the strip A.

To the ends of the main strip A are attached button-hole straps or, by buckles b in the usual way. The lower end of the backstrip B is connected to button-hole straps c in a similar way by a buckle, d,- but these straps may be joined to the back-strip in any other desired way, although I prefer the adjustable connection shown in the drawings.

The strip A may be made up of two or more pieces; but in any event it should be astraight strip from end to end.

The position assumed by the suspenders on the person is indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. The strip A passes around the back of the neck, and the length of the back-strip and its button-hole straps is such that the point at which the two straps join is just about at the nape of the neck. Thus the strip A lies smoothly on the person, and there are no diverging or V straps extending from a point on the back up over the shoulders and thence down in front, as in ordinary suspenders. The backstrip B extends from about the nape of the neck down the small of the back, and its straps d are buttoned to the trousers in the customary way.

Suspenders thus made possess many advantages over those heretofore in the market. There is a saving of material in their manufacture and they can be made much more easily than is the case when the shoulderstraps are separate and diverge from a central back-piece. They act as a brace to hold the person straight. They are admirably adapted to conform to irregularities in the figure, and there is no tendencyin the shoulder straps to work OffflOll] the shoulder, as is the case ordinarily. In fact the arrangement is such that the straps resist any such tendency.

What I claim as new and of my own invention is- Suspenders consisting, essentially, of the straight shoulderstrip A and the back-strip B, attached at right angles thereto, each provided with means by which it may be connected to the garment, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of October, 1884,.

MARCUS EISLER. 

